The Cecil Whig., 1887-04-23

LIUET. DANRNH0WER KILLS HIM
SELF.

That Have Grown Upon limits Trip
GA the Jeannctte.
ANNAroLls. April 20.-The whole com
munILs WAS startled LhIS morning. by the
intelligence, that iiratcnamt john wilson
DaneuuoAcr, OF the Naval Academy,
had committed suicide. lie shot hImSel:
through the rlghC side oi The head lhuut
o. 30 \ NJ. with Smith Il Wcsnou thirty
two calber pistol Iii hIs room, known aa
NJ. l. Flats. on the fourth hoor. Some
IImr ago lie as put III command ci the
UnLed States Steamship Constellation,
~ lcu had been orUel Ell from mere to the
navy ward ,.t Norfolk toG repairs Fac
ship was towed Dy the PnluX i'll charge
OF NJ. q. Perry, uaIe, and IA tug. Ia
mu.In., out oi the lIacbor She Scrapsd her
bottom on y u,lI, bu.uJ damage u ..tnGuuv
10 anything le>uhtd. Tue acdid,nt,
luwever. Ii was nu.lced, A"rrIed Lt-u
ten NJ DLne..nuWti. Ia = .sSIug ti:ruusu
the cnaauei at Cl ,uel island Tue Con
Srelia,Inn got aground a-lin, and the
Lieutenant brca,,i~ Qu!r eAc.,sd. Whom
Juu sip guG 10 Nur,DIK l. -u,euauJ Dan
enhuwor remainou IN TIE Gis one day
only. lie gave ms papc.s To E"si@n Gib
buus, aud retarned u Anuap lbs lie
reached the Naval Academy about ten
o clock yesterday mUrLIug, and spoke fe
Commander Sampson at, ut Lne gIuund-
ing OF the snip. aud hcw Vac occurrence
hau truu pled ulu IAr Cunulandrr SAID
it was ii Jrlti.ns matter, aud tiStnissad II
with d lew words. For sUinU tIRle Leu
tenant ID .neUhowor had uuen troubled
with nervousness and ltIsuInId. winch had
"a visible effect upou hiS appUardnca.
Commander Sampson, seeing ne looked
unwell told HIM To c.,hsulU "a Guctor. lie
talked aooul the sup ) accident 10 SeT-
eral associates, who thought from his
manner ana words that he ieare.i an in
VeStlgatlOn would be made INTO the mat
ter, and Lnat lie nilgnJ sufor from IT,
Ine TACT that 50 nlinp ,rLnnt au occur
renee appeared to dlss reSS hln III mlnd
SO Inucn, was renIi K, d upon. lie alter
wards went To his Tuu:n. Lieutenant IL
T.. Miles, one OF his III >SL iutinlatc iTiendS,
who worked III tn" Stnie Il part meut wiki
HIM, went To the l. rutenaut : room aLd
found, alter berg there some time, that
Danehhower could not sleep. DR.. II. /.
Percy, ut his Suggestion, WIS sent Tor.
and anodyne was administered, v hrch
did not uo much good Lieutenant Miles
stayed with him ali nlght. leaving early
this morning. Lieutenant DLneuhOwer
got up and ate breakfast at nine O'Clock.
About half an hour later, when DIR. Percy
called to see him the servant told HIM lie
Was III Ills ruom Dr. Percy went in. aud
found the Lieutenant lying on the hOpr.
He was quite dead, tnongu the budy was
warm Tne bullet nau entered the brain
and death, no doubt, was pracUIcIily III
Simultaneous. He had carefully prepared
tor the act. \ ruDbyr coat was under
the body, SO that the carpet was not
stained by the blood. The pistol was ly-
lns by his side. On d piece OF paper,
fastened to his coat, were these words:
"Washiugton Daueuhower, 1ll5 F street,
Northwest, Washington. Send to my
mother.
1t SO IN became known thruughout the
academy aud the town that the officer
had taken his lire. DespItches were
sent to Washington 10 his brother, to the
Navy Department. and other points, and
kilograms i'll answer came quickly from
many places. His brother, eno does bus
mess i'll Washington. arrived at twn
o'clock. Lieutenant Danenhower' wife,
whom he married in 1854 is III Oswego,
n. y, with her father, Senator Gsor-e
b. Sloan. telegram was sent to her.
She went to Oswego several weeks ago
Will utl wv u CuiIhiCup i ut -NiNtl .sSt,l-
emy baud was playing at the time the
suicide was discovered. l. stopped as
soon "a the discovery was made.
LIEUT.. JOHN W. DANENHOWER.
Lieut.. ID suenhuwer was one oi the most
popular officers with the people of Aunap
olIS ever stationed at tne academy. lie
was a tall. stronGl built man. and at
tracted attention by his splendid ply siqlc.
He had dark hair and heavy hroSu whIsk
ers, parted at the chin. After the injury
to his eyes in the Jeanette expedition.
he wore dark -coloIed glasses. HIS voice
was soft ond pleasant, and his manner
courteous and attractive. He lived at one
time in town, III Prince Georges
street. His foudneSS for children was
noticeable. His domestic relatIous were
most happy.
HE WAS EVIDENTLY INSANE.
Secretary Whltneg, i'll Washington, was
mnch surprised aud grieved when he re
ceived the despatch from Commander
Sampson announcing the death of Lien
tenant. The despatch stated that be w,s
evidently insane when he committed the
act. 1t is believed that his mind had been
more or less effected tor wears, the trouble
pipuipiN iiphi ltS llilit 'll his
hardsEips in the Jeannerte expedition in
the Artic regions. H's ewes became al
fected then, and were never StrOug after.
wards. Lieutenant Dauenhnwer became
widely known after his return from the
expedition on account OF the splendid
abilities as a seaman he exhibited i'll the
terrible journey after the JeauneJte went
down.
THE JEANETTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
He was born i'll illinois in 1850 and ap
poluted midshipmaD IN the Naval Acad- |
emy September %, 1866. He gradudteG
June :, 1870; was made ensign July l3
1871: master. September 31 1913. and
lieutenant August ,. 1879. He Was 1T
tached to the United State. ship Nandala |
during her cruise in the Madterranaau |
i'll 1876 !, when General Grant, with his |
family, WAS on board. and visited the |
nuly Land. l. was before this cruise |
that he began to show signs OF an unbai- |
anced mind, ana his maladv soon assumed /!
form so violent that in the year 1St1, |
after he had been founi wandering in a /,
North Carolina wilderness. his friends /
deemed 1t eXprdlent to SecuSe proper
treatment for hIm by contiuing him for ,
about two months in st. EiZ tbethS In !
sane Asylum. near W Washington. He Was I
among the first OF the officers who vnluu /
teered to ~ upon the J :annrtte Arctic /
expedition sent ont bv James GprdOn |
Bennett. GA july 1879. the Jra"ue,te !
sailed from san Francesca on NDrth |
Polor expedition, via Behring's Straits. |
he eXpe.iltlnn vas undrr til" command /
of Lieutenant Commander George W. |
De l. ng, assisted by Lieurenant> Cn1Dp !
and Danenhower and Cnief Engineer |
Melville. The last communication from |
the vessel dated { pc Sertze X l'nen. ~ |
IBERIA, September ,. 1919. altnough Sue
was afterwards seen OF Wrtrglr l. and in
about Il north latitude. The Sf1p Gas
damned III the Ice in January, 1850. Juue
l3 1851. she sank, and the crew started
dragging three boats, with provi>IuuS,
mounted on runners, on the ice,
A MIhLBRS QUEER H0lG.
n Insect Lives Three Years IN "a Delaware